Giro d'Italia: Which GC riders lost time on the Zoncolan stage

Team BikeExchange rider Great Britains Simon Yates R and overall leader Team Ineos rider Colombias Egan Bernal ride in the final ascent during the 14th stage of the Giro dItalia 2021 cycling race 205km between Citadella and Monte Zoncolan on May 22 2021 Photo by Luca Bettini POOL AFP Photo by LUCA BETTINIPOOLAFP via Getty Images

Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) on the steep slopes of the Zoncolan (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

After 18 years away, the Giro d'Italia revisited the Sutrio ascent of the Monte Zoncolan, bringing the first high-mountain finish of the 2021 Giro d'Italia on the brutal double-digit gradients of the Friulian climb.

While the stage winner – debutant Lorenzo Fortunato of wildcard debutants Eolo-Kometa – was a surprise, it was less of a shock to see the maglia rosa Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) come out on top of the general classification contenders yet again.

The Colombian jumped away from Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) in the final kilometre to add to his advantage after the Briton had split what was left of the peloton with an attack in the closing two kilometres on the steepest section of the climb.

Bernal now leads Yates by 1:33 in the GC, having put 11 seconds into him on the run to the line. Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) keeps third place after finishing alongside Dani Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), 39 seconds down on Bernal. Caruso lies 1:51 off the race lead while Ciccone jumps to seventh at 3:03 and Martínez is ninth at 3:54.

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The big loser on the day, though, were Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech), who finished in 16th, 1:12 down on Bernal after his team had worked for the bulk of the stage. He drops from second to fourth overall, 1:57 behind Bernal.

Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) also suffered another big blow, shedding more time at the finish after finding himself among the first GC contenders to drop. The Belgian finished in 19th, 1:30 behind Bernal, and now lies eighth overall, 3:52 down.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	58:30:47
2	Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange	0:01:33
3	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:51
4	Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech	0:01:57
5	Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo	0:02:11
6	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:36
7	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:03:03
8	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:03:52
9	Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:54
10	Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM	0:04:31
11	Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma	0:05:37
12	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ	0:07:49
13	Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation	0:07:50
14	Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:08:32
15	Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo	0:09:19
16	Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:09:52
17	Nick Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:10:15
18	George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma)	0:11:48
19	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:14:25

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

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